Hope everyone has a great Memorial Day. Enjoy the holiday and remember the many men and women who it’s dedicated to.

The Bucs and Cubs will be playing some afternoon baseball to celebrate the occasion, kicking off a six game homestand. Needless to say, the Pirates need a boost. It’s possible that PNC Park and the Cubs (who the Bucs have owned so far this year) could give that to them, but Chicago’s been playing better of late and the Pirates, well, haven’t.

Today’s starters…

Randy Wells: 3-3, 4.79 vs. Ross Ohlendorf: 0-3, 5.11

Wells had a pretty rough outing last time he faced the Pirates, and had a REALLY rough outing last week against St. Louis: 0 innings, 5 runs.

Ross the Boss hasn’t been very Boss-like in 2010, but his best start did come against the Cubbies. Ohlendorf needs to get his control…under control. His walk rate is among the highest in baseball, which is obviously a very bad thing.